Anthea Hamilton (born 1978) is a British artist who graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Beckett University)[1] and the Royal College of Art[2] and was one of four shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Hamilton was responsible for the show's most popular exhibit Project for a Door (After Gaetano Pesce) depicting a doorway consisting of large naked buttocks which reworks a proposal by Italian architect Caetano Pesci, dating from the early 1970s .[2][3] She is known for creating strange and surreal artworks and large-scale installations.
Her exhibitions have included Sorry I'm Late at Firstsite.
In 2017 she became the first black woman to be awarded a commission to create a work for Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries, and according to Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain's director, Hamilton has made a "unique contribution to British and international art with her visually playful and thoughtful works".[4][5] Her sculptures feature collage-like images which reuse images from her previous works.[6]
Early life
editHamilton was born in 1978 in London, where she lives and works.[7] She expressed no interest in becoming an artist as a child and she told her mother at an early age that she wanted to be an accountant, because of her love for maths.[3]
Solo exhibitions
edit- 2018: The New Life, Secession, Vienna, Austria
- 2018: The Squash, Tate Britain, London, UK
- 2015: Donuts, Fig-2, ICA, London, England
- 2014: LOVE (with Nicholas Byrne), Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
- 2013: LET’S GO!, Bloomberg Space, London, England
- 2012: Kabuki, The Tanks, Tate Modern, London, England
- 2009: Calypsos (in collaboration with Nicholas Byrne), Studio Voltaire, Zoo Art Fair, London, UK, Anthea Hamilton, Ibid Projects, London, UK
- 2009: Spaghetti Hoops (curated by Jill Gasparina and Caroline Soyez-Petithomme), La Salle de bains, Lyon, FR
- Turnhalle (Gymnasium), Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE
- 2008: Gymnasium, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
- 2007: Anthea Hamilton and Thomas Kratz, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
- 2007: Cut-outs, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2007: Art Statements Art Basel 38, Basel, Switzerland
- 2006: Solo Presentation, Liste 06: The Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
- 2005: How Deep Is Your Love?, Vision On, London, UK
References
edit- ^ "Artist Anthea Hamilton". The Hepworth Wakefield. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b Mark Brown. "Turner prize 2016 shortlist features buttocks sculpture and choo-choo train". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ a b Iqbal, Nosheen (20 March 2018). "Anthea Hamilton on how she plans to top her Turner prize buttocks". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Anny Shaw, "Anthea Hamilton becomes first black woman to be awarded Tate Britain commission – The London-born artist follows Cerith Wyn Evans and Pablo Bronstein taking up the Duveen Galleries commission", The Art Newspaper, 11 December 2017.
- ^ Adrian Searle, Anthea Hamilton review – gourds move in mysterious ways at Tate Britain", The Guardian, 21 March 2018.
- ^ British Art Show 8. Colin, Anna,, Yee, Lydia,, Leeds Art Gallery. London, UK. 2015. ISBN 9781853323317. OCLC 930770870.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Anthea Hamilton - Artist's Profile - The Saatchi Gallery". saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.